SIA Flashback – Drivin’ Our Lives Away: The 1986 Great American Race

What timing! With the renewed Great Race upon us, we’ve come to the account of Hemmings Motor News’s first participation in the Great American Race in SIA #96, December 1986. Of note here: The format of the time-speed-distance race has remained the same these last 25 years, and article author David Brownell did an excellent job of explaining that format. Also, the 1936 Dodge humpback van that was used in the event remains in the Hemmings collection today, proudly displayed in our own Sibley Shop museum.

Mal Fullersays:

May 29, 2011 11:09 am

Nice article! I felt as if I was on board the trusty old Dodge on each day of the race. I really enjoyed the outspoken reference to the “uptight Disneyland staff,” a courageous, but no doubt truthful remark I thought.
I’m also pleased to have found the pages more easily accessed and in readable size.